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abs.

abs. is the abbreviation of absent.

abs. is the abbreviation of absolute.

abs. is the abbreviation of abstract.

abs. is the abbreviation of absolutely.

abs. is the abbreviation of absence.

Meaning of absent

Adjective

absent (comparative absenter, superlative absentest)

  1. (not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
    • Owing to his own illness and then his family's, Ramzi has often been absent from class this month. We will help him catch up with his studies.
    Antonyms:
    present
  2. (not comparable) Not existing.
    • The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.
    Antonyms:
    present, existing, extant
  3. (comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
    • Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn. Normally he is quite present [= engaged] during a meeting.
    Antonyms:
    present

See all 11 meanings of absent

Meaning of absolute

Adjective

absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)

  1. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
    • While Americans enjoy an almost absolute freedom to name their children whatever they please, in Germany the State (as public guardian of the good of the child) restricts parents [...]2005, Names, volume 53, page 238
    1. Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
      • An absolute monarch is free from all forcible restraint, and so far as he is absolute[,] from all legal restraints of positive laws.1846, George Gillespie, The Presbyterian's Armoury
    2. Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
      • The peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head, / With absolute forefinger, brown and ringed.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
  2. Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
    • absolute purity, absolute liberty
  3. Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
    • absolute alcohol
  4. Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
    • an absolute denial of all charges

See all 30 meanings of absolute

Words formed from abs.

Questions about abs.

What is abs. the abbreviation of?
Abs. is the abbreviation of absent.

Words near abs. in the dictionary

  1. ABS brake
  2. ABS brakes
  3. abs off
  4. abs-
  5. ABS-CBN
  6. abs.
  7. abs. feb.
  8. absail
  9. absailing
  10. Absalom
  11. Absalon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abs. (page history and authors); absent (page history and authors); absolute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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